Rain-seeking prayer held across Saudi Arabia
Muslims across Saudi Arabia performed the rain-seeking prayer in accordance with the Prophetic Sunnah. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques had called for...
Want to be happy, tolerant, young? UAE has a ministry for that
It sounds a bit New Age, but the United Arab Emirates has just appointed state ministers for happiness, tolerance and youth.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid...
Illegal kitchen raided in Makkah
Teams from Makkah Municipality stormed into a residential apartment where expatriates were preparing food illegally. According to a municipal official, the apartment was not...
Egyptian murderer put to death in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an Egyptian convicted of murder.
Mahmud Jumaa Morsi was found guilty of fatally strangling and robbing a Saudi, the interior...
Saudi Arabia shoots down missile fired from Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen says Saudi Arabia has shot down a ballistic missile launched toward the kingdom from Yemen.
The coalition...
Turkish rap artist acquitted of inciting drug use
A court in Istanbul has acquitted a rap musician of the charge of inciting drug use in his song lyrics and video clips.
Sercan Ipekcioglu,...
Jihadi brides are suckers for bad boys, says Muslim comedian
Shazia Mirza, who claims to be the world's first devoutly Muslim woman stand-up comic, is used to walking a very thin line.
She made her...
Tawaf on Segway board: Opinions differ on whether it is Islamic
A short video showing a pilgrim, draped in the two pieces of seamless cloth called ihram, circumambulating the Kaaba in Makkah using a Segway...
Saudi authorities confiscate 70 thousand ‘fake’ Quran copies
Saudi authorities said they had foiled an attempt to distribute around 70,000 fake copies of the Quran during the season of Hajj, which kicks...
Turkish court sentences nightclub shooting suspect to life in jail
ISTANBUL, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A Turkish court sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday the main suspect in a gun attack at an Istanbul...
